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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. Also, feral Cats on islands seem to be a serious problem, causing the extirpation of some indigenous species. A hungry feral Cat in Minnesota goes and finds new prey in an area it previously had not explored, leaving the last few of one or another bird species alone for a while.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Back in 2009, Tai Haku sent us a fascinating post exploring a question that ecologists worldwide grapple with: can the translocation of rare species into niches left empty by extinction be successful or justified? It is extinct. It persists in captivity at a breeding facility on Guam and in a number of American zoos.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

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